Job Chapter 40 verse 2 Holy Bible
Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.
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Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.
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Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth +God, let him answer it.
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Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
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Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.
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"Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it."
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Is the striver with the Mighty instructed? The reprover of God, let him answer it.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersXL.(2) Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him?--Rather, Can he that reproveth (e. g., Job) contend with the Almighty? or, Can the contending with the Almighty instruct Him? "Art thou prepared still to dispute and contend with God? or, if thou dost, is there any hope that thou wilt instruct (i.e., convince) Him in argument? Let him that argueth with God (i.e., Job) answer this question." It might, perhaps, tend to make these verses (Job 40:4-5) more effective if we transposed them after Job 42:6, and regarded them as the very climax of the poem, as some have done. But this is not necessary, and is an arrangement that has no support from external evidence. If, however, it were adopted, Job's resolution, "Once have I spoken; but I will speak no more: yea, twice; but I will not again" (Job 40:5), would not be literally inconsistent, as it now is, with what he says in Job 42:1-6.Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrew“Will the faultfinderיִסּ֑וֹר (yis·sō·wr)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 3250: One who reproves, faultfindercontendהֲ֭רֹב (hă·rōḇ)Verb - Qal - Infinitive absoluteStrong's 7378: To toss, grapple, to wrangle, controversy, to defendwithעִם־ (‘im-)PrepositionStrong's 5973: With, equally withthe Almighty?שַׁדַּ֣י (šad·day)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 7706: The AlmightyLet him who arguesמוֹכִ֖יחַ (mō·w·ḵî·aḥ)Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singularStrong's 3198: To be right, reciprocal, to argue, to decide, justify, convictwith Godאֱל֣וֹהַּ (’ĕ·lō·w·ah)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 433: God -- a deity, the Deitygive an answer.”יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃ (ya·‘ă·nen·nāh)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singularStrong's 6030: To answer, respondJump to PreviousAccuses Almighty Arguments Contend Contendeth Contends Correct Forward Instruct Protesting Reproves Reproveth Ruler Teaching
